Churches seem to be places people go when they feel assured of what they believe. I don’t think that every person, or any person, sitting in a church is assured of everything, or anything. Show me someone who thinks they know God, and that may very well be a person …
This school year, I made the decision to set aside the tutoring and volunteering I’ve been doing for the past few years to allow ample time for writing all the things I’ve been thinking about lately. In other words, I’m living in the library, writing all day, and loving it. …
This is the title of a book by Jeanette Winterson. I picked it up in the library solely for its title – I just had to know what it was all about. Wow. What a read. I find that I only read books that pull me in after the first …
About a year ago, an acquaintance told me a story about his life that was dumbfounding and true. I won’t repeat it here, but certain events happened to him that were not within the set realms of life that we normally expect nature to follow. It set me on a …
Is it okay if the god that I pray to doesn’t actually exist? I guess so. Is it okay to sing songs in church that I wholeheartedly disagree with? No, it’s not okay. Is it okay that Donald Trump quotes God from the same book that I sometimes read, and …
Do you live your life based on what you think you should be doing? I don’t necessarily mean career-wise, even though that applies too. I mean how you choose to live your hours and minutes. Do you make your little moment-to-moment choices based on what you feel drawn to do or on …
Yesterday I saw the Jesus Revolution matinee movie here at our local theatre. I love The Chosen, and I especially love how actor Jonathan Roumie portrays Jesus, so I looked forward to seeing him in this roll. Unfortunately, I’m way too accustomed to thinking of Jonathan as the real Jesus …
